Lavern Whitt

A native of Baltimore Maryland, LaVern attended Morgan State University and she regularly commutes between the DC Metro area and Los Angeles, California producing content for clients of Journey Entertainment, a production company she founded more than a decade ago. Through her extensive network, she has executed many successful projects including being instrumental in getting actress Jada Pinkett-Smith started in the industry. She has also worked with players such as Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Smith, Queen Latifah, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Ice Cube, Jamie Foxx, and many others. Other clients have included: Def Jam, Sony, Essence Magazine, Sister 2 Sister Magazine, Chaka Khan, Ray Lewis, GlassRock Entertainment and more. LaVern has a passion for the art of storytelling. She believes in using every element to bring a vision to the screen. As a seasoned professional, her career has spanned from the typical Hollywood entry level roles such as PA, 1st A.D. Stuntwoman to developmental opportunities such as participating in a Producer training program created by actor Will Smith while working on the film "Hitch". That opportunity emerged from her work at Overbrook Entertainment, where she worked as an Assistant to Will Smith and Post Production Coordinator over the four years on the CW Network show "All of Us". The experience she gained prepared her with the skills to take on the challenge of producing projects independently from conception to post production, including planning, obtaining budgets, investor relations, developing, writing, directing, shooting, editing, music scoring, sound effects, titling along with marketing, advertising, and distribution. More recently, she completed an independent director's shadowing program that allowed her the opportunity to shadow the director's on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" mentored by the infamous Debbie Allen. She also completed a director shadow opportunity on FOX's hit drama "Empire", working directly with director Paul McCrane. As an independent filmmaker, current projects include the recent completion of a short film titled "Prey", which she executive produced, co- wrote and directed. Prey was also voted Best Director in the Los Angeles International Film Festival 2019 and is a Semi Finalist in the JellyFest Los Angeles 2019. She has sold 2 scripted drama's to NBC Universal and continues to create and pitch scripted shows, romantic comedies, docu-series, sit-coms, documentaries, feature films and digital content for streaming services.